| hermitical | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic |
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| heroic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity | - |
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| (adjective) having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes | Synonyms: heroical |
| (adjective) showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort | Synonyms: desperate |
| (adjective) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | Synonyms: expansive, grand |
| (adjective) very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) | Synonyms: epic, larger-than-life |
| heroical | (adjective) having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes | Synonyms: heroic |
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| hesitant | (adjective) lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | Synonyms: hesitating |
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| hesitating | (adjective) lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly | Synonyms: hesitant |
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| het | (adjective) made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated') | Synonyms: heated, heated up, het up |
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| heterocercal | (adjective) possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe | - |
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| heterocyclic | (adjective) containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom | - |
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| heterodactyl | (adjective) (of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward | - |
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| heterodox | (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: dissident, heretical |
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| heterodyne | (adjective) of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations | - |
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| heteroecious | (adjective) of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species | - |
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| heterogeneous | (adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | Synonyms: heterogenous |
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| (adjective) originating outside the body | Synonyms: heterogenous |
| heterogenous | (adjective) originating outside the body | Synonyms: heterogeneous |
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| (adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | Synonyms: heterogeneous |
| heteroicous | (adjective) having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | Synonyms: polygamous, polyoicous |
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| heterologic | (adjective) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin | Synonyms: heterological, heterologous |
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| heterological | (adjective) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin | Synonyms: heterologic, heterologous |
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| heterologous | (adjective) derived from organisms of a different but related species | - |
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| (adjective) not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin | Synonyms: heterologic, heterological |
| heterometabolic | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolous |
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| heterometabolous | (adjective) (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage | Synonyms: heterometabolic |
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| heterosexual | (adjective) sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex | - |
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| heterosporous | (adjective) characterized by heterospory | - |
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| heterothermic | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: ectothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous |
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| heterotrophic | (adjective) requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment | - |
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| heterozygous | (adjective) having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci | - |
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| heuristic | (adjective) of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation | - |
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| hewn | (adjective) cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel | Synonyms: hand-hewn |
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| hex | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base | Synonyms: hexadecimal |
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| hexadecimal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base | Synonyms: hex |
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| hexagonal | (adjective) having six sides or divided into hexagons | Synonyms: hexangular |
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| hexangular | (adjective) having six sides or divided into hexagons | Synonyms: hexagonal |
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| hexed | (adjective) (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune | Synonyms: jinxed |
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